Is It Just Me?

Am I the only person who negotiates with Spider Solitaire?

I strut up to the computer keyboard with great confidence, arrogance really.

"(Wo)man over machine," I tell myself. This is kid's stuff.  I will blast that game- after I toy with it a little bit.

I start with Level 2.  No Level 1 since it's too simple for me.  

I click on the deck of cards displayed on the lower right side of the screen.  Not much comes up to work with but I still have plenty of turns left. I am still confident.

I click again.  I can make several moves and my over-inflated ego expands even more.

"Oh, yeah.  Watch out, here I come!"

I click again.  Several more moves but no king through aces of the same color go over to my side.

"Hmmmmm.  Okay.  I have two more moves. I can still win if I can make a suit on this next turn."

Nothing.  Well, yes, I can move the cards around a little but no matches.

Here's where the negotiation begins:

"All right.  I can still win if I'm very careful."

Click.  I'm stumped.  Again.

"I would be happy if I can make ONE suit.  Just one.  I won't be fussy."

Click.  I lose.

"Maybe I'll do better on the NEXT game."

So much for negotiation.  


p.s.  One night I played so badly and for so long that I actually looked around ON THE FLOOR to see if I'd dropped any cards!